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The QC, Vol. 89, No. 05 • October 3, 2002

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The Voice Of Whittier College Since 1914
October 3,2002
CAMPUS
http://web.whittier.edu/qc
PHOTO COURTESY OF TIM MCGUIRE
One of two "fossilized" columns excavated by library workers during an attempted trench digging effort in a planter.
From "Jetsons" to
"Indiana Jones"
■ LIBRARY
by Christina Gutierrez
QC News Editor
The construction of the Ward-
man library is running on schedule,
according to building superintendent Tim McGuire. The new library, complete with late-night
study rooms, a computer lab, and
wrap-around windows on the third
floor, will be finished by the fall of
2003.
According to McGuire, although it may not look like the
workers are making any significant day-to-day progress, not all of
the work that has gone into the
building is readily visible to the
public. "It looked like we weren't
getting anything done in the first
months after we started construction, but all of the work that kept us
really busy was not visible," he
said. "You can't actually see the
progress we make putting up a water
line, but all of the grandiose and
noticeable things are usually really
easy to put up."
The new design features the
main building sandwiched between
two large sheer concrete structures
that McGuire described as "book-
ends." A model of what the completed walls will look like stands
in the construction site. In place of
the "cheese graters" (which have
been salvaged in the Whittier archives), the north and south walls
will be partially made of large
sheets of multi colored glass. These
glass sheets, along with the glass
for the wrap-around windows of
the third floor, will arrive next
week, according to McGuire.
Once construction is completed, workers will have gutted the
entire building, but salvaged the
existing utilities and original infrastructure, which is still structurally sound. "It will feel like a new
building," McGuire said. "We will
have increased its capacity, and
extended its life at least 40 to 50
years." The finished building will
See LIBRARY page 6
29 organizations receive
Block Funding from COR
■ BUDGET
by Christina Gutierrez
QC News Editor
During the COR meeting on
Monday, Sept. 30, COR allocated
money all but five of the 34 organizations that requested funds. The
vote for the Chemistry Club, The
Hawaiian Islanders' Club (H.I.C.),
Inter Society Council (I.S.C), The
Newman Club, and the Outdoors
Club, will take place at next week's
meeting on Monday, Oct. 7.
According to senior COR Executive Treasurer Prithvi Nobuth,
organizations' requests were tabled
if COR's budget committee was
unable to get a hold of the club to
find out more information about the
specific amounts of money requested, or if all of the clubs' proper
paperwork, including facility request forms for each event, had npt
been turned in by the Sept. 27 deadline.
With only approximately
$30,000 available to allocate during Block Funding, the Budget
Committee had to be extremely careful when processing on-campus or
ganizations' requests for money,
according to Nobuth. "We tried
our best to meet everyone's needs,
but it was impossible for every
club to receive every cent they
asked for," Nobuth said. "We did
the best we could."
The Budget Committee consists of sophomore Jessica Gardezy, first-year student Mary Gilker, junior Yohanes Fadillah, sophomore Terry Lin, and senior Andy
Wilcox. According to Nobuth, the
committee had to come up with
"across-the-bored policies and limits" regarding common requests.
For example, COR will only
give up to $300 for food for any
open event, including events like
dances and picnics. They will also
only allocate up to $300 for a DJ
for any event. These regulations
are the reason behind many clubs
receiving only a percentage of the
funding they requested, Nobuth
explained.
The Hispanic Student Association (H.S.A.), for instance, received only $1,200 of a requested
$4,070. According to Nobuth, this
was because they had requested
$2,000 for an In-n-Out food truck
for their Low Rider Car Show, and
COR only gave them the standard
$300 for food.
The Thalian Society requested
$100 for open house and $305 for
rush, but did not receive any money. Nobuth explained that this was
because "COR has historically not
funded rush, because it is not open
to all members of the campus. A
male student would not be able to
go." I.S.C. had already requested
$100 for each society for open
house, so COR denied the money to
the Thalians to prevent funding the
same event twice.
Circle K, a community service
club, was also denied funds.The
group requested $1500 for a training session which costs $125 per
student. According to Nobuth, COR
rejected the idea of spending $125
on individual students who pay only
$100 in student body fees.
"We try to improve [Block
Funding] procedures every year,"
Nobuth said. "[The Budget Committee] scheduled seven Block
Funding informational meetings, so
we've been very open. I think we've
had a great response. The Committee worked very hard as a team, and
I am very proud of our efforts this
semester."
Prank calls plague campus
DISTURBANCES
by Martin Voss
QC Associate News Editor
A female student who wishes to
remain anonymous received a prank
call around 8:50 a.m. last Tuesday,
Sept. 24, from a man who claimed
that he knew her in third grade. The
man making the call would not leave
her alone; he continued to talk to
her and harass her over the phone.
"It was 8:50in the morning—Ididn't
want to deal with anything sexual,"
she said. While she says that she
was not scared during or after the
call, she was definitely more aware
of what was going on around her for
the rest ofthe day. The student filed
a report with Campus Safety, which
was merely one of the 12 reported
prank phone calls received by Campus Safety in the month of September.
According to Campus Safety
records, nearly half of the reported
prank calls in this calendar year
occurred in the month of September, and it is possible that many
calls go unreported.
AssistantChief of Campus Safety John Lewis said that anybody
who receives a prank phone call
should not hesitate and report the
call directly to Campus Safety.
"If someone receives an annoying phone call, we encourage them
to report it to us," Lewis said. He
stressed that it is important for people to give as many clues as possible when the report is made. "If
there are any clues, such as noises in
the background or some other clue
as to who the suspect is, then it is
important for these clues to be com
municated," he said.
Lewis also emphasized that reports should be filed in a timely
manner, in order for any call patterns to be noted. If reports aren't
filed, or if they are filed with inaccurate details, "it makes it difficult
for us to develop any investigative
leads," Lewis said.
Once a report is made and its
authenticity is confirmed, it goes to
Lewis' desk for approval. Lewis
saidthat only reports he deems valid
are forwarded to Telecommunications, where the call history for the
number that received the call is ex-
See CALLS, page 6
News You Can Use
Sophomore Jessica Gardezy
was appointed as the new COR
secretary at the meeting on Monday, Sept. 30.
ISSUE 5 • VOLUME 89
Gimme 12 steps
Chief Bernard Alex of
Campus Safety discusses
the twelve steps to avoid
rape.
Opinions, Page 2
Safety!
Safety starts with You. Actually, it
starts with "S." Actually, it starts
with going to the Safety Fair.
Campus Life, Page 8
On Campus
Read about a jazz legend, a
Chinese poet, and the acting
talent of Whittier College.
A&E, Page 10
Spike this!
Women's Volleyball beats Pomona-Pitzer in three straight games.
Huzzah!
Sports, Page 14

The Voice Of Whittier College Since 1914
October 3,2002
CAMPUS
http://web.whittier.edu/qc
PHOTO COURTESY OF TIM MCGUIRE
One of two "fossilized" columns excavated by library workers during an attempted trench digging effort in a planter.
From "Jetsons" to
"Indiana Jones"
■ LIBRARY
by Christina Gutierrez
QC News Editor
The construction of the Ward-
man library is running on schedule,
according to building superintendent Tim McGuire. The new library, complete with late-night
study rooms, a computer lab, and
wrap-around windows on the third
floor, will be finished by the fall of
2003.
According to McGuire, although it may not look like the
workers are making any significant day-to-day progress, not all of
the work that has gone into the
building is readily visible to the
public. "It looked like we weren't
getting anything done in the first
months after we started construction, but all of the work that kept us
really busy was not visible," he
said. "You can't actually see the
progress we make putting up a water
line, but all of the grandiose and
noticeable things are usually really
easy to put up."
The new design features the
main building sandwiched between
two large sheer concrete structures
that McGuire described as "book-
ends." A model of what the completed walls will look like stands
in the construction site. In place of
the "cheese graters" (which have
been salvaged in the Whittier archives), the north and south walls
will be partially made of large
sheets of multi colored glass. These
glass sheets, along with the glass
for the wrap-around windows of
the third floor, will arrive next
week, according to McGuire.
Once construction is completed, workers will have gutted the
entire building, but salvaged the
existing utilities and original infrastructure, which is still structurally sound. "It will feel like a new
building," McGuire said. "We will
have increased its capacity, and
extended its life at least 40 to 50
years." The finished building will
See LIBRARY page 6
29 organizations receive
Block Funding from COR
■ BUDGET
by Christina Gutierrez
QC News Editor
During the COR meeting on
Monday, Sept. 30, COR allocated
money all but five of the 34 organizations that requested funds. The
vote for the Chemistry Club, The
Hawaiian Islanders' Club (H.I.C.),
Inter Society Council (I.S.C), The
Newman Club, and the Outdoors
Club, will take place at next week's
meeting on Monday, Oct. 7.
According to senior COR Executive Treasurer Prithvi Nobuth,
organizations' requests were tabled
if COR's budget committee was
unable to get a hold of the club to
find out more information about the
specific amounts of money requested, or if all of the clubs' proper
paperwork, including facility request forms for each event, had npt
been turned in by the Sept. 27 deadline.
With only approximately
$30,000 available to allocate during Block Funding, the Budget
Committee had to be extremely careful when processing on-campus or
ganizations' requests for money,
according to Nobuth. "We tried
our best to meet everyone's needs,
but it was impossible for every
club to receive every cent they
asked for," Nobuth said. "We did
the best we could."
The Budget Committee consists of sophomore Jessica Gardezy, first-year student Mary Gilker, junior Yohanes Fadillah, sophomore Terry Lin, and senior Andy
Wilcox. According to Nobuth, the
committee had to come up with
"across-the-bored policies and limits" regarding common requests.
For example, COR will only
give up to $300 for food for any
open event, including events like
dances and picnics. They will also
only allocate up to $300 for a DJ
for any event. These regulations
are the reason behind many clubs
receiving only a percentage of the
funding they requested, Nobuth
explained.
The Hispanic Student Association (H.S.A.), for instance, received only $1,200 of a requested
$4,070. According to Nobuth, this
was because they had requested
$2,000 for an In-n-Out food truck
for their Low Rider Car Show, and
COR only gave them the standard
$300 for food.
The Thalian Society requested
$100 for open house and $305 for
rush, but did not receive any money. Nobuth explained that this was
because "COR has historically not
funded rush, because it is not open
to all members of the campus. A
male student would not be able to
go." I.S.C. had already requested
$100 for each society for open
house, so COR denied the money to
the Thalians to prevent funding the
same event twice.
Circle K, a community service
club, was also denied funds.The
group requested $1500 for a training session which costs $125 per
student. According to Nobuth, COR
rejected the idea of spending $125
on individual students who pay only
$100 in student body fees.
"We try to improve [Block
Funding] procedures every year,"
Nobuth said. "[The Budget Committee] scheduled seven Block
Funding informational meetings, so
we've been very open. I think we've
had a great response. The Committee worked very hard as a team, and
I am very proud of our efforts this
semester."
Prank calls plague campus
DISTURBANCES
by Martin Voss
QC Associate News Editor
A female student who wishes to
remain anonymous received a prank
call around 8:50 a.m. last Tuesday,
Sept. 24, from a man who claimed
that he knew her in third grade. The
man making the call would not leave
her alone; he continued to talk to
her and harass her over the phone.
"It was 8:50in the morning—Ididn't
want to deal with anything sexual,"
she said. While she says that she
was not scared during or after the
call, she was definitely more aware
of what was going on around her for
the rest ofthe day. The student filed
a report with Campus Safety, which
was merely one of the 12 reported
prank phone calls received by Campus Safety in the month of September.
According to Campus Safety
records, nearly half of the reported
prank calls in this calendar year
occurred in the month of September, and it is possible that many
calls go unreported.
AssistantChief of Campus Safety John Lewis said that anybody
who receives a prank phone call
should not hesitate and report the
call directly to Campus Safety.
"If someone receives an annoying phone call, we encourage them
to report it to us," Lewis said. He
stressed that it is important for people to give as many clues as possible when the report is made. "If
there are any clues, such as noises in
the background or some other clue
as to who the suspect is, then it is
important for these clues to be com
municated," he said.
Lewis also emphasized that reports should be filed in a timely
manner, in order for any call patterns to be noted. If reports aren't
filed, or if they are filed with inaccurate details, "it makes it difficult
for us to develop any investigative
leads," Lewis said.
Once a report is made and its
authenticity is confirmed, it goes to
Lewis' desk for approval. Lewis
saidthat only reports he deems valid
are forwarded to Telecommunications, where the call history for the
number that received the call is ex-
See CALLS, page 6
News You Can Use
Sophomore Jessica Gardezy
was appointed as the new COR
secretary at the meeting on Monday, Sept. 30.
ISSUE 5 • VOLUME 89
Gimme 12 steps
Chief Bernard Alex of
Campus Safety discusses
the twelve steps to avoid
rape.
Opinions, Page 2
Safety!
Safety starts with You. Actually, it
starts with "S." Actually, it starts
with going to the Safety Fair.
Campus Life, Page 8
On Campus
Read about a jazz legend, a
Chinese poet, and the acting
talent of Whittier College.
A&E, Page 10
Spike this!
Women's Volleyball beats Pomona-Pitzer in three straight games.
Huzzah!
Sports, Page 14